vivo iQOO Neo 855 Racing Edition announced with Snapdragon 855+ and 33W fast charging

Sagar, 05 December 2019

vivo unveiled the iQOO Neo with Snapdragon 845 SoC in July and later followed it up with a the iQOO Neo 855 in October. Today, the company further expanded its Neo lineup with the launch of iQOO Neo 855 Racing Edition.

The iQOO Neo 855 Racing Edition is essentially the iQOO Neo 855, but with the Snapdragon 855+ SoC at the helm. It comes in a single 128GB UFS 3.0 storage option and you can pick one with 8GB or 12GB RAM.

The smartphone's built around a 6.38" 19.5"9 AMOLED display that has FullHD+ resolution and HDR10 support. The screen also has a fingerprint reader underneath for biometric security.

vivo iQOO Neo 855 Racing Edition announced with Snapdragon 855+ and 33W fast charging

On the software side, the iQOO Neo 855 Racing Edition runs Android Pie-based Monster UI and has features like Game Box and Game Space in tow for better gaming experience. It also comes with a liquid cooling system with a 10-layer heat dissipation structure.

For photography, the iQOO Neo 855 Racing Edition has a 16MP selfie snapper on the front and around the back is a triple camera setup which comprises a 12MP main, 8MP ultrawide, and 2MP depth sensor units.

iQOO Neo 855 Racing Edition in Iceland Aurora color iQOO Neo 855 Racing Edition in Carbon Black color iQOO Neo 855 Racing Edition in Light Mint color
iQOO Neo 855 Racing Edition in Iceland Aurora, Carbon Black, and Light Mint colors

The smartphone packs a 4,500 mAh battery with 33W fast charging support and comes in three colors - Iceland Aurora, Carbon Black, and Light Mint (machine translated from Chinese).

The iQOO Neo 855 Racing Edition is priced at CNY2,598 ($370/€330) for the 8GB/128GB version and for CNY200 more ($30/€25) you get 4GB extra RAM. It will go on sale in China from December 12.

Source (in Chinese)


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Reader comments

33W fast charging? That doesn't really live up to the 'Racing' name. Even Oppo manages to use 65W for their Reno Ace. If vivo use their experimental 120W fast-charging battery, that would make sense.

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